By RonM, on November 20th, 2009
There’s 2+ great articles in the Newburyport Current by Barbara Taormina about the idea of restoring clams and oysters to local waters once more. Basic summary: Its possible and would be a great benefit locally…and there remain issues to deal with including the need to continue using the Plum Island purification plant before sending clams [...]
By RonM, on September 27th, 2009
We’ve blogged about oysters a bit lately and we’ve learned that this summer in Massachusetts, NOAA and the Nature Conservancy have partnered with Massachusetts Audubon to restore oysters bed off the Cape. Oysters beds are like the ‘reefs of the northeast’ in that their complicated , craggy structures make home for lots of diverse sea life, [...]